People ex rel. Wheaton v. Wiant
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application for mandamus, to compel the county treasurer of Du Page county to transfer his office and place of business from PTaperville to Wheaton, in that county.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The respondent is the county treasurer of Du Page county, and is keeping his office, as such, at PTaperville, and the object of this proceeding is to compel him to remove it to, and keep it at Wheaton. PTaperville, it is admitted, was the county seat of that county, and still is, unless it has been changed under the provisions of the constitution and an act of the legislature, approved Feb. 13,1867. By that act, the voters were authorized to vote upon the question of removing the county seat from PT aperville to the town of Wheaton. A vote was had at the time, and in the manner required by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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